Drawing depicting prehistoric life in the Rancho La Brea area of southern California, ca.1930

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Title	Drawing depicting prehistoric life in the Rancho La Brea area of southern California, ca.1930
Description	Photograph of a drawing depicting prehistoric life in the Rancho La Brea area of southern California, ca.1930. "The picture includes saber-toothed tigers, large bear-like animals, elephants, and vultures perched in trees as well as flying. Picture indicates watering area and the grass-like terrain that surrounds it". The vultures stalk the animals from a tree on the left. Beneath them are two saber-toothed tigers that appear to be attacking three bear-like creatures on the right. These bears have long tails and one stands at center with elephants and other animals in the field in the background.
Subject (adlf)	grasslands
Subject (file heading)	Animals -- Prehistoric
Subject (lcsh)	Animals, Fossil
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	La Brea Tar Pits
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1930
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1930
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs art
Accession number	40229
Call number	CHS-40229
Legacy record ID	chs-m6260; USC-0-1-1-6369
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-40229
Full text	RAICHO LA BREA A Record of Pleistocene Life in California
Archival file	chs_Volume52/CHS-40229.tiff

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